The presentation gives an idea of land and rights and sustainable land management in the central highlands of Angola

1. 7th Capitalization Meeting
EU Land Governance Programme
FAO
Rome, Italy
26 – 29 June, 2018
Marco Orani, WVI

2. 7th Capitalization Meeting
EU Land Governance Programme
Capacitação sobre acesso aos direitos
da terra e sua gestão sustentável no
planalto central de Angola
Land rights and sustainable land
management in the central highlands
of Angola

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EU Land Governance Programme
Background
Budget: 400.000 €
Donors: EU (300.000), WVUK
(100.000)
Duration: 18 months, started in
January 2018
Coverage: Bié and Huila Provinces
Local partners: OCADEC in the
Province of Huila; FOSCKB in the
Province of Bié
Ensure respect of land rights and promote
the socio-economic development of rural
communities including the most vulnerable
groups in the central highlands of Angola.
R1: Civil society and
local
administrations
have better
knowledge of the
Land Law and the
Participatory Rural
Delimitation (DRP)
R2: Legally-
recognized rural
communities
improve land
management and
carry out
productive
initiatives
R3: The effective
protection of
customary land
rights is expanded

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Background (cont)
Continuation of EC Land
Tenure project
Budget: 3.529.000 €
Donors: EU (3.000.000), WV
Duration: May 2014 – Dec 2017
Coverage: 10 Municipalities in
the Provinces of Bié, Huambo,
and Benguela
Local partners: DW

5. 7th Capitalization Meeting
EU Land Governance Programme
Progress
1) Deepening the results of the
previous project in the
Province of Bié
2) Resuming support to land-
governance activities in the
Province of Huila
3) Bringing support to the
recently created Commissão
Interministerial para a
Regularição dos Terrenos
Comunitarios

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Capacity Development Activities
40 civil servants and 40 technicians from local NGO and associations trained
on DRP and Land Law Sensitization

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Lessons Learned
1) Working with National
Government, at any level, is a
condicio sine qua non
2) Land regularization is not
enought
3) Communal land titles can hide
internal inequalities (gender,
ethnic, age)

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Challenges
1) The legal/administrative
framework needs revision
2) Community land titles are still
seen as minor land title
3) No fits-for-all solution imply the
adoption of different approaches
4) The Province of Huila is a more
challenging context, due to higher
pressure on lands, and a more
complex social background

9. 7th Capitalization Meeting
EU Land Governance Programme
Recommendations
1) The revision of the
legal/administrative framework
is urgent
2) Greater involvement of the civil
society in the land public debate
is needed
3) Support on cadastre
administration, at any level, is
required

10. 7th Capitalization Meeting
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Next Steps
Keep on supporting the National
Government, whenever requested,
on land governance issues
Continue on working at
community level

11. Thank you!
7th Capitalization Meeting
EU Land Governance Programme
FAO
Rome, Italy
26 – 29 June, 2018